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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

` SAMEL B. ELZEY, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,580, dated March 16, 1880.

l Application filed January 6, 1880` To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, SAMUEL B. ELZEY, of Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful linprovement in Gate-Latches, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a front elevation of the improvement shown as attached to a post and with the face-plate removed. Fig. 2 is a sectional elel vation taken through the line x x, Fig. l, and showing' the face-plate in place. Fig. 3 is a perspective view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The inventionconsists in combining a pivoted latch carrying an arm, a sliding barcarrying an arm, and a spindle carrying an arm, so that the gate may be unlatched by turning the spindle, substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

A represents a gate-post. In the side fof the post A toward the' gate is formed a recess to receive the case B, which is secured in place by screws or bolts.`

In the lower forward part of the case B is pivoted, by a screw or bolt, C, the latch D. The latch is nearly in the form of a bell-crank lever, pivoted at the junction of its arms, of which the upwardly-inclined one, E, rests upon a downwardlyinclined projection ofthe slidebar G, while the other arm rests with its outer end upon the case B.

This arrangement brings the lower side of the latch D into an inclined position, so that the latch will be raised, when the gate is swung shut, by a pin attached to the forward end of the gate, and which passes in through a notch in the lower part of the front flange or side of the case B. As soon as the pin attached to the gate has passed the latch D the said latch falls by its own weight, and prevents the pin from passing out until the said latch has been raised.

- which extends along the upper side of a downtached to the case B, and which enters a' notch, I, in the rear edge of the said bar G. The downward movement of the bar G is limited by a stop, J, attached to or formed upon the case B, and against which the lower end y of the bar G, or a projection formed upon the said lower end, strikes. The downward Inovement of the bar G is also limited by an offset, K, formed upon the upper part of the said bar G, and which comes in contact with the top of the case B. The part of the bar G abovethe offset K is parallel with the lower part of the 'said bar, and moves up and down in a recess in the post A.

The part of the Vbar G above the offset K has a short slot or an elongated hole formed through it to receive the arm L, attached to or formed upon the spindle M, which spindleM passes through the post A, and has knobs N or other handles attached to itsmends.

With this construction, by turning the spindle M the arm L will raise the bar G, causing the arm F to raise the arm E, which raises the latch D with it and allows the gate to be opened.

O is a bolt which slides up and down along the forward iiange of the case B, and is provided with a thumb-piece, P, which projects through a notch in the front flangeof the case B. When the bolt O is pushed down, its lower end, or a head formed upon its lower end, engages with `a shoulder, Q, formed upon the hub or pivoted end of the latch D, so that the said latch D cannot be raised until the bolt O has been withdrawn lfrom the shoulder Q. Upon the forward side of the upper end of the bolt O is formed a projection, B, which of the case B by a spring, T, attached to the case B, and which presses against the inner side of the said bolt O, as shown in Figs. l and 3.

The upper and middle parts of the improve ment are covered by the face-plate U; but the lower part is left uncovered to form a space for the pin attached to the gate to enter and engage with the latch D. The lower part of the face-plate U has a curved slot formed in it 'to receive the ange of the latch D when the said latch is raised.

Having thus described my invention, I

and described, whereby the gate may be unzo latched by the movement of the spindle M, as set forth.

SAMUEL BELL ELZEY.

Witnesses:

C'. HOWELL, Jr., THos. S. GREENE. 

